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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Hylla</p>           A doctor being sued by a former patient over the effects of an acne drug is asking the court to off-set any judgment against him.<br /><br />His former patient, plaintiff Jason Peipert, sued him and the makers of the acne drug Accutane, alleging it caused him to develop inflammatory bowel disease.<br /><br />The suit is currently set for trial in April.<br /><br />Dr. Daniel Goran filed the claim for set-off Jan. 29. <br /><br />Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla granted him the go-ahead to do so in December 2009.<br /><br />In his motion, he asks the court to reduce any judgment amount entered against him by the same sum as the plaintiff may receive from any pre-trial settlements with the other defendants in the case, Roche Laboratories and Hoffman-LaRoche Inc.<br /><br />He notes that currently there are no such settlements.<br /><br />Peipert originally sued in 2003 claiming Goran was negligent in prescribing Accutane because it is difficult to manage in patients.<br />Accutane has since been taken off the market.<br /><br />Peipert seeks damages of at least $50,000 and costs.<br /><br />Peipert is represented by John Papa.<br /><br />Goran is represented by Jeffrey Glass.<br /><br />The other defendants are represented by Bart Sullivan, among others.<br /><br /><i>The case is Madison case number 03-L-2040.</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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